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Taipei, May 30 (CNA) Israel's representative office in Taiwan on Monday said that instructions sent to its diplomats to refrain from meeting with their Taiwanese counterparts in official settings did not represent a change in policy.
Israel’s representative office in Taiwan yesterday said that instructions sent to Israeli diplomats to refrain from meeting with their Taiwanese counterparts in official settings did not represent a policy change.
The statement came after a diplomatic cable sent by Hagai Shagrir, head of the Asia and Pacific Bureau of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was published on Tuesday last week by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corp.
Shagrir instructed Israeli embassy staff worldwide to refrain from inviting or accepting invitations from Taiwanese representatives to official events, especially any country’s national day celebrations, the report said.
The message was sent “in an apparent attempt
/ Staff writer, with CNAIsrael’s representative office in Taiwan yesterday said that instructions sent to Israeli diplomats to refrain from meeting with their Taiwanese counterparts in official settings did not represent a policy change.
Official cites increasing sensitivity of China-Taiwan issue and growing tensions between Beijing and Washington; diplomat denies instruction amounts to policy change